Blaise couldn't get Dorian out of her head. She wanted to see his face again, see his brilliant blue eyes and see his small smirks and smiles. She wanted to be able to run her fingers through his hair and… and what? Blaise thought suddenly turning over in her bed. What chance did she have with a Vampire like him? Humans were easy to manipulate as they were weaker than Witches but a Vampire was just as powerful. That power secretly scared Blaise. She'd never felt anything like it before. The way she felt about Dorian was just so unusual for her. She wasn't willing to admit it, especially because she usually just treats guys like trophies, but Blaise thought that she might actually start wanting Dorian to like her. Really like her. Maybe even love her. Blaise shuddered. The thought of Dorian falling in love with her made her insanely hot and almost just as giddy. She sighed. The creaks of dawn were coming in through the bars on her window and Sally would be up any moment. She would have to pretend that she was still asleep or Sally would get suspicious. The stupid human sympathizer. Blaise shut her eyes just as Sally's alarm sounded, seeing Dorian's face behind her lids the entire time.
Classes were boring and as usual nobody was paying attention. Blaise had her head down on the desk and was just starting to fall asleep when the strangest thing happened. The fire alarm sounded.
Everybody sat up straight. Blaise looked around. Everybody stood up in a fluid motion and made their way out of the classroom as quickly as possible. Blaise noticed that Mercy had a small smug smile on her face as she walked out of the classroom. As Blaise followed her she noticed that Sally was standing up with her friends and they were all looking very annoyed, Blaise smiled happily as she left the room.
After they got their names marked off the role Blaise and Mercy sat on the dirty old oval together and waited for Khloe and Alice to come out of the class. "So, what do you say we ditch this place?" Mercy asked Blaise as the other two girls turned up.
"What did you have in mind?" Blaise asked tossing her mane of black hair of her shoulder and putting her face up into the blazing sun.
"We were thinking of going to the old lake." Alice said wickedly her ice blue eyes all but sparkling with mischief.
"Lake?" Blaise asked in confusion. They had a lake here?
"Yeah. It's old and abandoned and nobody uses it anymore. In fact most people have forgotten it's even there. It's perfect." Khloe interjected from Blaise's side.
"Wait, so you're all in on this?" Blaise asked feeling slightly left out.
"Yeah. Now once everybody starts moving inside follow us." Mercy whispered as the teacher came over and told them to start moving. Once the teacher disappeared so did they.
They walked up to the lake their laughter filling the air around them. Blaise felt freer than she had in a long time and found that she was able to enjoy being around Mercy again. She knew the elation would wear off sound and tried to enjoy it whilst it lasted. The lake was one of the most beautiful sights Blaise had ever seen. It was crystal clear so you could see right through to the floor of the lake even though the water was very deep and it was surrounded by greenery and a small cliff that Blaise thought would've made an amazing diving board once. "So who wants to go for a swim?" Alice asked as she took of her shirt and jeans only leaving her turquoise bra and panties on underneath.
"Me!" Khloe said with a laugh and started taking off her clothes too. Blaise looked away. Seriously? They were all going to go swimming in their underwear. "It's better than swimming naked." Khloe said to Blaise before she jumped in after Alice. Mercy followed soon after and said, "Come on Newbie. You haven't got anything we haven't seen before." Just before she left. Blaise felt her jealousy bubble up again. Mercy was just too pretty for Blaise's liking. She sighed and took off her shirt and her jeans. Alright, it was time to show Mercy up. 'And you do such a good job too'. A voice sounded in her head. Blaise stopped. Dorian? But it couldn't be.
'Oh it is. Nice undies by the way. Black lace suits you.'
She could hear him laughing in her head and blushed slightly. 'Go away.' She thought her eyes roaming the trees trying to find out where he was.
'Now why would I do that?' He asked 'a bunch of girls in their lingerie going swimming together, who knows what might happen?'
' It's not like that.' She thought her cheeks darkening, 'now go.'
"Blaise?" Khloe asked popping her dark head out of the water. "Are you okay?"
"Fine." Blaise said a little breathlessly her eyes still roaming the trees. She saw Dorian in the further most corner of the trees and he winked at her sexily."Go away." She whispered knowing he would hear her, "I mean it."
"Did you say something?" Khloe asked looking at Blaise as if she was crazy.
"No. Why?" Blaise asked and tried (and succeeded) to sound confused.
"No reason." Khloe said with a shake of her head and then she disappeared under the water. Blaise looked up to the place where Dorian was standing, he was gone. Blaise shook her head slightly feeling the smile that was about to start to form on her face, and dived into the water. 'Nice dive.' Dorian said and then laughed again. Blaise swam further under the water.
Blaise couldn't concentrate. She knew Dorian was out there watching her and she would never admit it out loud but that made her nervous. Suddenly the thought of kissing him returned to Blaise and she, once again, killed the thought as fast as she could. She would think about all of that later, when he wasn't around. Mercy and the other girls were still laughing and mucking around but Blaise didn't feel like talking to Mercy right now. She couldn't explain it but everything the other girl did just pissed Blaise off. Blaise knew she was jealous of the other girl, which was odd because she'd never actually been jealous of another girl before, and she desperately wanted to turn the tables. She wanted to be Queen Blaise again and she was going to. No matter what it took. Blaise sighed and relaxed in the water. She closed her eyes.
When she opened them her eyes fell upon the small cliff at the water's edge. Blaise smiled as she made her way to the edge of the water. "What are you doing?" Mercy asked as she turned around and saw Blaise standing on the land just outside of the water. "Having fun." Blaise said with a mysterious smile. All the other girls just stared at her as she climbed up onto the very point of the cliff.
"Blaise!" Khloe shouted, "Don't jump!"
"You could die!" Alice shouted from beside her. They both looked scared, Blaise smiled wider. She spread her arms wide, tore her eyes away from them and looked towards the sky. Then, she fell.
The fall was one of the most exhilarating things she'd ever felt and couldn't help but smile on her way down. She was still smiling when she hit the water. The water was slightly hard upon impact and Blaise's skin stung slightly from the fall but she didn't' care. She felt amazing. She felt alive. She loved the feeling more than she knew she would and that made her love it even more. If that made any sense at all. So Blaise felt a little sad when her head broke the water again and she found she was staring Alice, Khloe and Mercy in the face. All of them were smiling at her, the first two in awe and Mercy in a cool assessing manner, and they started laughing when she did (of course Khloe and Alice laughed more than Mercy). "Bravo." Mercy said with a wicked smile, "Very entertaining. We should bring you along more often." Mercy turned and swam away.
"That was so cool!" Khloe gushed her big dark eyes sparkling with excitement.
"Yeah your totally insane!" Alice interjected from the side. "Its awesome!" The two other girls laughed. 'Hot, wild and crazy.' Blaise heard Dorian's voice in her head. 'I like it.' He laughed and Blaise did too. Although the other girls thought she was laughing with them. Blaise knew better.
The night was dark and the moon was high in the sky when Blaise made her way out to the place where she had met Dorian last night. She would never admit how much she was actually looking forward to seeing him again especially after being so close to him today. Blaise pushed the thought out of her mind and tried to control her heartbeat as she walked to the exact spot she stood in the night before. Dorian was there in a matter of seconds looking god-like and windswept like a hero from a romance novel. Blaise tried to ignore the little flutter her heart gave upon seeing him and hoped he would do the same. The smile he was wearing became wicked.
"Blaise." He nodded at her his blue eyes blazing brilliantly as he looked upon her.
"Dorian." She said coolly settling back into the flirty mode she was so used to.
"That was some nice swimming today." He said with a smirk, "But how come you never wear that kind of clothing with me?" He was mocking her, she realised.
She smiled. "Well I've ever been the kind of girl to take all of her clothes off and fall to her knees in front of a boy." She shrugged, "I'm the one worth waiting for."
"You are now?" He asked and took a step forward closing the distance between them, "Because us Vampires aren't very good at waiting." He put his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him all the while wearing an expression that made her knees go weak.
"Well your just going to have to try." Blaise said glad her voice sounded strong and not as weak and submissive as she was starting to feel. Would it be such a bad thing to give him what he wanted now? Probably not. Was she going to? She didn't know quite yet. He smiled wider. 'No.' She thought sending as much power out to his thoughts as possible.
"You sure?" He asked in his normal voice his mouth almost on hers.
"I'm sure." Blaise replied pulling her head back slightly. If he kissed her there was no telling what would happen.
"Huh." He said, let her go and took a step back. "Well just as long as your sure." He shrugged and looked back towards the sky.
Blaise just stood there feeling the loss of his body against hers. "I'm sure." Blaise said but her voice sounded false to her own ears. He raised his eyebrows. "I'm sure." Blaise said again sounding firmer this time.
He shrugged, "Okay then."
"So you never really answered my question. Why did you want to meet me out here?" Blaise asked breaking the silence that was beginning to make her uncomfortable.
"I thought I did answer." He replied with his wild smirk.
"No. You avoided my question." Blaise replied placing her hands on her hips feeling more and more like the old Blaise by the second.
He sighed and sauntered over to her again. "Would you believe me if I told you that I liked spending time with you?" He asked taking Blaise's hand.
"No." Blaise replied taking a small step back.
"Well it's true." Dorian replied closing the distance between them again. "For some reason that I don't understand. I...like you." He placed his hand on her back and brought her closer to him.
"Well," Blaise started but before she could say the witty retort that was on her tongue Dorian pressed his mouth to hers.
Kissing Dorian was like nothing Blaise had ever experienced before. Her whole body was on fire. She felt like her whole mind was lifted and whatever thought process she had before was gone. Completely. She felt like he was hers and that she was his. She felt like they belonged together. Like they were…soulmates. She wanted to kiss him forever and ever, so when Dorian pulled away from the kiss Blaise couldn't help but feel disappointed.
"What was that for?" She asked when she was sure she could speak again.
Dorian shrugged. "Well I know you've been wondering about it." He smirked down at her and Blaise felt her cheeks get hot. He heard her thinking about kissing him! She thought she could've died then and there.
But she composed herself quickly and put on her best sultry smile. "So? I know you were wondering about me too."
"I was?" He asked in a taunting voice.
"Yeah. You were." Blaise replied and then kissed him again. Blaise was just starting to get caught up in the kiss when Dorian pulled away like he'd been burned. His fangs were out and he looked completely animalistic. "I have to go." He said seconds before he ran away from Blaise disappearing from her sight altogether.
A/N: Thank you so much for all the reviews! Sorry its taken me so long to update, things have been really crazy at the moment. But I'm on holidays now so when I'm not at work I'll probs be writing a lot more. :) Thanks for reading. Don't forget to R&R ;)